Hundreds of supporters organized a rally at Washington Park in Cincinnati on Sunday. They said the rally was to show the newly-elected mayor and city council that the streetcar is an important sign of progress in the city.

"We do believe in Cincinnati. We believe in its future, and we have seen in other places and we know what it takes," Qualls said.

Supporters said the project will spur economic development in Over-the-Rhine. Opponents believe it is a waste of city money and the benefits will not outweigh the costs.

The project director has said that it would cost the city about as much money to cancel the project as it would to complete it.

Streetcar supporters said they were prepared to fight the new administration’s plans to halt the project, if necessary. They expect to launch a third referendum campaign if the city council votes to cancel or delay the project.

Organizers said they have already collected more than 5,000 signatures in support of the project.

The new city council is expected to hold two votes on the project on Monday.

SWORN IN.... A GROUP OF "STREETCAR SUPPORTERS" LINED THE ROUTE..... ASKING CRANLEY NOT TO "DERAIL" THE PROJECT. THEY CALLED IT "LINE THE LINE." WLWT NEWS FIVE'S TAMMY MUTASA IS LIVE IN WASHINGTON PARK WITH THEIR EFFORT... TAMMY? COURTIS, JUST ROLL ALONG ELM STREET TODAY...AND YOU CAN SEE TRACK CONSTRUCTION FOR THE STREET CAR PROJECT IS PAUSED. TODAY--STREET CAR SUPPORTERS CAME HERE TO WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK CALLING TO CHANGE THAT. (NATS RALLY) -LINING THE LINE THEY SUPPORT- (NATS RALLY) HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WALKED THE STREET CAR LINE WITH ONE MESSAGE--- IT MUST GO FORWARD. (CLIP 0040) (SOT/ KIM AND CAROLYN KRAUSE/ STREETCAR SUPPORTERS) ("It's really about getting the city to be first class city, not a third class city. Name a first class city with third class transportation system-there just isn't one.") SUPPORTERS SAY THEY COLLECTED MORE THAN 5000 SIGNATURES IN A CITY WIDE PETITON. (CLIP C0026) (SOT/ KAY WOLFLEY/ SUPPORTER) ("I grew up here I grew up in Clifton, this is a gem, we're wasting it, we need to connect the community.") FORMER VICE MAYOR ROXANNE QUALLS SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE MOVEMENT. (CLIP C0020) (SOT/ ROXANNE QUALLS/ FORMER VICE MAYOR) ("We do believe in Cinicinnati, we believe in its future and we have seen in other places and we know what it takes.") MONDAY-THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WITH THE NEWLY SWORN CITY COUNCIL WILL BE A SPECIAL SESSION DISCUSSING TO KEEP THE PROJECT ROLLING OR CANCELLING IT. BUT IT'S NO SECRET MAYOR CRANLEY WANTS TO HALT THE STREETCAR. THESE SUPPORTERS SAY DERAILING THE PROJECT WILL ONLY WASTE THE CITY'S MONEY....AND THREATEN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS. (CLIP 0040) (SOT/ KIM AND CAROLYN KRAUSE/ STREETCAR SUPPORTERS) ("This is the future of Cincinnati, this is about the progress the city needs to make it's vital, critical, without it we're going to lose talent-the young talent and it's going to be really horrible.") ACCORDING TO CITY COUNCIL LEADERS ONGOING WORK ON THE STREETCAR IS COSTING THE CITY AN EXTRA 50 THOUSAND EACH DAY. LIVE AT WASHINGTON PARK, TAMMY MUTASA WLWT NEWS 5. WE HAVE COMPLETE COVERAGE OF